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The Province of East Flanders
&
Voka - Chamber of Commerce
Istanbul Chamber of Commerce June 28th, 2010
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Flanders in the world
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Flanders: some figures
• 6 million people
• Highest concentration of ports in the world
• 175 billion euro of exports (80% Belgian exp )
• High level of education
• 19th century: textile industry
• Now: biotech, IT, niche markets
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The province of East Flanders
Economic & Geographical Figures
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East Flanders
• 1 389 199 inhabitants
• 463 inhabitants/km²
• BBP 25400€/inhabitant
• Labor productivity 62500€/inhabitant
• Export: 43380€/inhabitant
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East Flanders
• Port of Ghent• 24MT• Companies: Volvo, Honda, Katoennatie, Arcelor
Mittal, Ahlers, Citrosuco• Connected to the North Sea by the Seacanal
Ghent-Terneuzen (31km) • Ongoing talks to build a larger lock, which
would allow larger schips to dock in Ghent
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East Flanders
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VokaThe Flemish network of companies
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Voka, the Flemish network of companies
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Voka-VEV
• Alliance of the Flemish Economic Union and the eight Flemish Chambers of Commerce
• Founded 01/01/2004 • 17,000 members• 280 employees• Politically independent• Multisectoral• 60% of the added value and employment in
Flanders
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Voka- East Flanders’ Chamber of Commerce• Chamber of Ghent est 1729• 2000: Chamber of Commerce East Flanders est.• 2004: VOKA VEV• Offices in Ghent, Oudenaarde, Aalst and
Dendermonde: keeping touch with each sub region
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Voka- East Flanders’ Chamber of Commerce3000 members ( Volvo, Honda, Arcelor Mittal,… )50 employees in 4 officesSecond largest Belgian ChamberAccreditedISO certified
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Voka- East Flanders’ Chamber of Commerce
• Our structure: 6 competence centres to support our companies• Lobbying• Services• Networking• Communication• Training & Education• Internationalisation
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Lobbying
• Promoting the interests of member companies • Determining viewpoints at local, regional,
national and European level• Contacts with public authorities and politicians • Dossiers:
• Mobility• local planning• efficient public administration • Taxation• election debates, economic crisis...
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Services
• General information• Legal service• Administrative formalities• Company database and corporate guide• Publications• Environmental service• Medical check-up service
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Networking
• A network of 17,000 member companies• Multiple activities for formal and informal contacts
• Receptions• Discussion forums • Networking events• Trade missions• etc.
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Communication
• Website: www.voka.be• Magazine: Ondernemers• Newsletters• Next month in the Chamber• Press articles
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Training & Education
• Principles• Leren met maten – learning with friends
PLATO
• Leren met mate – open educationCHAMBER ACADEMY
• Leren op maat – customized coursesATHENA
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Company support
Young-PLATO PLATO PLATO Bintexco
Seminars, trade missions, …
Chamberacademy, Athena
Start-up Growth Full Growth
Info + contacts
Training
Learning networks
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Learning networks: Plato
• 19 projects since 1990
• 340 godfathers
• 70 godfather companies
• 1800 SME’s
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Why Do Companies Participate in learning networks?
SME owners are responsible for
EVERYTHING in their company:
Finances management, HR, purchasing,, marketing, …
But the entrepreneur has a
LACK OF TIME AND MEANS
For expensive and time-consuming trainings
The project deals with
BOTTLENECKS and practical questions
The entrepreneur has a NEEDfor information and contact with collegues
PLATO
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Aim of the PLATO project
• Professionalize SME management• Creation of a dynamic, informal network where
people can discuss their problems and solutions in a confidential way
• Linking of Plato company networks in different countries
• Cooperation bond between the different Chambers of Commerce / Business Associations.
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Key players Mentorshipproject
Mentors
Mentorcompanies
entrepreneurs
S(M)MEs
Chamber of Commerce
Other socio-economic partners
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Mentors from multinationals guide a fixed group of 15 to 20 S(M)ME owners during 2 years, via monthly sessions. Starting point are the bottle necks and practical questions of the group membersSize and sector decide upon the group composition. The members are no competitorsExchange of experiences on marketing, sales, production, accountancy, HR, strategy,…
Mentorshipproject
15SMEgroup
15SMEgroup
15SMEgroup
15SMEgroup
MC MC MC MC MC MC
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Practical: confidential sessions that offer an answer to questions such as:
How do I recruit someone?How does my banker looks at my company?How do I read my financial situation? How to make a marketingplan for a new product?
Monthly Meetings
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Chamber AcademyOpen Education
Seminars and training build around three conceptsCurrent topics Affordable (for small companies)Quality (organization, content, trainer)
Twice a year (January and September) we communicate a calenderwith topics in a variety of training fieldsSalesLegal FinancialMarketing…
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Athena
In-house training courses, tailored to a company’s specific needs
Active in the following fields:• training initiatives which allow an organization and its teams
to realize their full potential. Focus on how well the organization (and its teams) are performing;
• training initiatives that develop people’s talents (personal skills & attitudes, individual coaching);
• specialized advice & consultancy for staff matters & people management.
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Training & Education: other Projects• Bomma-Trio- Studentstarter – Starterschool• Zilveren Schatten ( Silver treasures )• Evenwicht werkt – Wellness at work• Evoleren – Competence management• Qwic (selfsteering teams)• Pecunia (learning network mergers and acquisitions)• Vesta(relationship local entreprises-local administration)• Environment Charter – learning network energy• Quadrant – sustainable economy
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International Entrepreneurship
• Certificates of origin, ATA carnets, …• Helpdesk • Country and export related seminars• Economic missions• Flanders Investment & Trade
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International projects
• Various subsidy channels• Flemish• Belgian• EU
• Various topics• Transfer of best practices• Labor mobility• Plato• Compass
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The establishment of
PLATONetworksin
Foreign Countries
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Foreign Plato Projects
Currently our chamber established Plato projects in:
Hungary, Romania, South Africa, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland, Serbia, Bulgaria &
Egypt
Using various ways of funding, both Flemish & EU
Transfer of the Plato Best Practice
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CompassCompany Guidance projects
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What is Compass?
• Intensive guidance
• During 1 year
• On 1 country
• On BRIC or emerging economies
• 2010: Turkey – Vietnam - Russia
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